Mentorship Certified

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology

Research summary
Development of personalized medicine strategies for cancer using genomic technologies

Key words
bioinformatics, machine learning, cancer, genomics, immunogenomics, precision oncology

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Understanding how the extracellular matrix (ECM) contributes to normal arterial development and how its disruptionleads to abnormal vascular development and disease

Key words
Vascular biology, extracellular matrix, elastin, aneurysms, hypertension

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences

Research summary
The Han lab investigates microglia and brain macrophage phenotypes in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative contexts through the lens of epigenomics and transcriptomics. 

Key words
microglia, neurodevelopment, epigenetics, transcriptomics, neurodegeneration

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
We aim to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms in the novel and rapidly expanding field of interorgan crosstalk in health and disease.

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Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Molecular, cellular and circuit analysis of circadian rhythms in mammals

Key words
neurobiology, behavior, imaging, circadian rhythm, glia, brain cancer, potassium channels, neuropeptides, astrocytes, glioblastoma, cancer, developmental biology, computational modeling

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Understanding the learning mechanisms of the brain from theoretical and computational perspectives

Key words
Computational neuroscience, Synaptic plasticity, Olfaction, Deep learning

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Sensory processing and plasticity (olfaction), large-population calcium imaging, computation, social communication

Key words
calcium imaging, physiology, mathematical modeling, behavior, neurobiology, smell, olfaction, pheromones, neuroendocrine, circuits

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary

Key words
shared decision making, health equity, implementation science

Program affiliation
General

Research summary
I seek to improve global cardiovascular health across the spectrum of disease prevention through rigorous research, including the development, adaptation, and implementation of evidence-based interventions, practices, and policies into routine practice at scale.

Key words
global cardiovascular health, dissemination and implementation science, trials, health systems, policy

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Cancer prevention and control, health disparities and community-based research

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